Published in Pediatric obesity
Body composition between prepubertal children and adolescents varies, and it is unclear how physical activity and sedentary behaviour affect adolescent body composition. This study aimed to examine the associations of physical activity and screen time with overall and specific fat depots in the general adolescent population. In a population-based p...
Published in Pediatric obesity
To evaluate the association between baseline ultra-processed food consumption in early childhood and child BMI Z-score over 36 months. We conducted a prospective cohort analysis as a secondary data analysis of the Growing Right Onto Wellness randomised trial. Dietary intake was measured via 24-h diet recalls. The primary outcome was child BMI-Z, me...
Published in Pediatric obesity
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption remains high among US children. Warning labels on SSBs hold promise for reducing consumption, but their impact may differ by SSB category. This study examined the effects of pictorial warnings on parents' beverage purchases and perceptions across SSB categories. Parents of children ages 2-12 (n = 326) visi...
Published in Pediatric obesity
The objective of this study was to identify the intestinal microbiota and faecal metabolic biomarkers associated with excess weight in Chinese children and adolescents. This cross-sectional study included 163 children aged 6-14 years (including 72 with normal-weight and 91 with overweight/obesity from three Chinese boarding schools). We used 16S rR...
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Food insecurity is linked to an increased risk of childhood obesity and other adverse health issues. To examine the disproportionate impact of food insecurity on childhood obesity among children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). In this cross-sectional study, we pooled data from 4 years (2016 to 2019) of the National Survey of Children's Healt...
Published in Pediatric obesity
Obesity increases the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 illness in adults. The role of obesity in short-term complications and post-acute sequelae in children is not well defined. To evaluate the relationship between obesity and short-term complications and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized paediatric patients. An obser...
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Eating behaviours are associated with childhood obesity, but their associations with cardiometabolic risk are less clear. We evaluated cross-sectional associations between eating behaviours and cardiometabolic risk among 185 adolescents (age 12.4 ± 0.7 years; 53% female; body mass index (BMI)-z 0.72 ± 1.37) from Cincinnati, Ohio (HOME Study; enroll...
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Epigenome-wide association studies have identified some DNA methylation sites associated with body mass index (BMI) or obesity. Studies in the Asian population are lacking. To examine the association of cord blood genome-wide DNA methylation (GWDm) changes with maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and children's BMI-z score at preschool age. Additionally, we...
Published in Pediatric obesity
Metformin for women with overweight or obesity during pregnancy has been evaluated in randomized trials to reduce adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes. The effect on longer-term child health remains of interest. To evaluate the effect of in-utero exposure to metformin on child health compared with no exposure. We assessed children born to 513 women...
Published in Pediatric obesity
Prevalence rates of child overweight and obesity for a group of children vary depending on the BMI reference and cut-off used. Previously we developed an algorithm to convert prevalence rates based on one reference to those based on another. To improve the algorithm by combining information on overweight and obesity prevalence. The original algorit...
